Lacing cutter



G. A. DCSTAL LACING CUTTER Y Filed Feb. 2. 1926 2 SheetS-Shee 517573K? gaf/La BY INVENTOR ATTORNEY at. 1s, m27., 646,141

G. A. DOS-TAL LACING CUTTER Filed Feb. 2v, 1926 2 Sheetsheet 2 ATTORN EY Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES GUSTAVE A. DOSTAL, OF DALLAS', SOUTH DAKOTA LACING CUTTER.

Application filed. February 2l, 1926. Serial No. 85,564.

This invention relates to a device for cutting belt lacings and the like from strips or pieces` of leather, the general object of .the invention being to provide a' member having a slot therein through which a portion of the strip is pulled with the knife across the slot for cuttinga strip from the piece to foorm the lacing. c

Another object of the invention 1s to make the knife adjustable for cutting different sizes of lacings and alsoito make the slot adjustable in width so that the device can be used on dierent thicknesses of leather.

This invention also consists in ce1-tam other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illus-l trated inthe accompanying drawings and specifically 'pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view showing the inventlon in use.

y l Figure 2 is an elevation of the device. I

' 'Figure 3 is a perspective view thereof.

Figure 4 is a view of the slotted member.

Figure 5 is .a view of the slide on the slotted member for adjusting the width of the slot therein.

Figure 6 is a view showing the device at tached to a support.

In these views, 1 indicates a member formed of a strip of metal or the like which is provided with an opening 2 and a slot or notch 3, the notch opening out through one edge of the member, adjacent one end thereof. A hollow member 4 in the nature of a sleeve is slidably mounted on the member 1 and has a tongue or extension 5 at one end thereof which is bent over to engage one side wall of the notch after the parts are assembled.v This member acts to adjust the width of the slot 3 by moving the member 4 on the member 1.- The upper surface of the extension 5 is provided with the parallel grooves 6. The member 4 is also `.provided with an elongated opening 7 which registers with the opening 2. A knife 8 has itsy stem 9 provided with an elongated opening 10 which registers with the openings 2 and 7 so that a bolt 11, provided with a wing nut 12, can be passed through the three members to hold them together.

wall of the slot or notch 3 can be adjusted` so as to make the lacin to be formed of the desired width. By adjusting the member 4 The blade of the knife extends vertically by twisting .the metal on the member 1,-the width of the slot or notch 3 can be adjusted to suit the thickness o'f the piecefrom which the lacing is tobe cut.

As shown in Figure 1, a hole is formed in the piece A and a tongue is cut from the inner edge of the piece. This tongue -is forced through the inner portion of the notch or slot 3 so that it passes on the inner side ofthe knife with a portion of the piece A passing through the' outer portion of the notch. Then by .pulling the strip, the knife will cut a lacing from the same, as shown in Figure 1. Of course, the. piece must be turned so that the knife will pass in a circle around the inner edge of the same. It will also be understood that the device can be used for cutting lacings from the outer edges of a piece of leather or the like by pulling the piece through the slot or'notch 3 in such a manner that the knife will cut a lacing olf the piece. f

Figure 6 shows an arrangement for fastening the device to a bench by the bolts 1,3 engagingbase portions of the member 1.

It 1s t tion thatthe 'advantages and novel features of 1n invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several ought from the foregoing descripl arts, provided that such changes fall withl 1n the scope of the appended cla-im.A

What I claim is A device of the class described including a metal strip havin a notch extending in# wardly from one si e thereof and provided with an opening intermediate its ends, a sleeve slidably mounted upon the metal strip, an extension at one end of the sleeve bent into U-shaped form yfor embracing one side wall of the notch, said extension having parallel grooves in the upper face thereof, the sleeve having an elongated opening for registration with theopening in the strip and a bolt extending through said openings to maintain the sleeve in various positions relative to the strip, a knife including a substantially iiat stem formed with an elongated opening through which the bolt extends whereby the stem may be adjusted relative 1 to the sleeve and strip and a hiife blade formed on and disposed at right angles to the stem and adapted for engagement with the parallel grooves on the sleeve as and for the purpose specified l ln testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GUSTAVE A. nofsTAn 

